The Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act has been introduced to Congress and would keep families of deceased students from having to pay their debt.

The recent petition was started by Ryan Bryski, Christopher's older brother.

"KeyBank has a choice to make," Ryan said in a Change.org news release. "They can finally do the humane thing and discharge my brother's debt or they can risk ignoring the demands of tens of thousands of customers and potential customers across the country."